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Student Research Mathematics
Undergraduate students may work with mathematics faculty to conduct research in severaal different ways:
Independent Study
An independent study project is designed by a student and approved by a faculty adviser with whom the student will work closely during the semester. It includes directed readings; conferences with a supervising instructor; and papers, reports and/or exams.
Some recent independent study projects:
Logic and set theory
Introduction to hypergraphs
Departmental Honors Paper
The Departmental Honors Paper is a year-long program designed for seniors who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers.
Recent honors papers:
Ramsey Theory and the Generalized Schur Numbers of the Form S(3,k,l)
Conditional Colorings of Graphs.
Summer Research Institute
Teams of faculty and students may apply for competitive summer research grants from the College. Students spend eight weeks on campus and work with Hood faculty on a project; they receive a stipend and free lodging for the period.Recent SRI Projects:
Gerbert: The Mathematician who Sold his Soul to the Devil
Computer Models for Historic Approximations to Pi
Women and Mathematics in the Time of Euler